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A PLAN OF COLONIZATION FOR IRELAND.

Copy of a Letter presented to Lord John Russell, with the accompanying Memorial.

" 14, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, March 31, 1847. " My Lord—We have the honour to present to your Lordship the enclosed Memorial, with the list of names which we have been authorized to append to it.

" The main propositions which it embodies, and to which those who have signed it consider themselves pledged, are—lst, The necessity of Systematic Coloni- zation, on a very large scale, from Ireland to Canada, and of the assistance of the State to promote tt; 2d, The necessity of making religious provision for the Emigrants; 3d, The advantage of enlisting private enterprise, in the form of agency, to carry out the plan; and, 4th, A willingness to accept an Income and Property tax for the purpose of defraying the cost of the emigration.

We hope to procure numerous adhesions to the principle of the Memorial; which we will do ourselves the honour of transmitting to your Lordship after the Easter holydays; but we have thought it more respectful to your Lordship to send it to you at once, without waiting for its circulation in Ireland.

" We have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's very obedient servants,